Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. HOLLOMAN, OF HUMBOLDT, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,654, dated April27, 1875; application filed April 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. HOLLOMAN, of Humboldt, in the county ofGibson and State of Tennessee, have-invented a new and ImprovedCotton-Bale Tie; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which thefigure represents a perspective view of the tie with the ends of thewire in position.

The invention will first be fully described in connection with all thatis necessary to a full understanding thereof, and then pointed out inthe claim.

A represents a wire having one end with a hook, B, in a horizontalplane, while the other end has a hook, O, in a vertical plane, turned atright angles to the wire. D is a catchblock whose flat under surface (Irests upon the cotton or other material, while the top surface dsupports the wire hook B, while D is a vertical extension from the blockD, having the groove (Z to receive the same end of wire, and theperforation d to receive the other end. A wire of suitable length andthickness is obtained, and the hook (J formed on one end, While theother is passed through hole 01 the plate D being carried around untilit abuts against the hook G. The wire having been then drawn tightlyaround the bale, the straight end is bent around the grooved extension Dand passed through the loop or hook (l, forming the horizontal hook B.Or the hook B may be formed in advance Where the average circumferenceof bales are about the same. This is found by repeated trials to make avery cheap, safe, and reliable bale-tie.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is Thecombination, with a wire having horizontal hook B on one end, and at anangle thereto, on the other end, a vertical hook, O, of the groovedplate D D having hole d, as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH J. HOLLOMAN. Witnesses:

A. I. D. THURs'roN, J. M. MQKNIGHT.

